Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	death_n	life_n	power_n	7,316	5	4.8859	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55662	The chaste seraglian, or, Yolanda of Sicily a novel, in two parts / done out of French by T.H. ...	Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720.; Hayes, Thomas.	1685 (1685)	Wing P3204; ESTC R31911	51,066	168

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